If the university is going to make employees divulge information about their friends and colleagues, the least it could do is give up some of its own. Read more...
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February 6, 12:00 am
Benjamin Genta: Student representation on Board of Regents should be increased
The UC Board of Regents is an exclusive club, and students have only minimal membership. Recent protests over the regents' newly approved tuition hike plan show the lack of student voice at the legislative level with the Board of Regents. Read more...
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February 5, 12:04 am
Casey Kovarik: Miscommunication between UCLA, study abroad students a major frustration
Information on study abroad is getting lost in translation before students set foot in a foreign country. Students planning on studying abroad have to coordinate with their academic department or college, the UCLA study abroad office, the University of California Education Abroad Program and the international school they are studying at before they leave on their trips. Read more...
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February 4, 12:08 am
Ara Shirinian: Issues surrounding broadband Internet deserve more attention
There are two main problems facing the future of the Internet in America. One is net neutrality, which is the ability of companies to choose what content they make accessible to consumers. Read more...
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February 3, 12:00 am
Aram Ghoogasian: UC must increase transparency by fully disclosing finances to workers
The University of California isn’t very good at making friends. Over the course of a little more than a year, the UC has managed to antagonize both its teaching assistants and its service workers. Read more...
Photo: Doctors protested alleged unfair labor practices against the University of California last week, claiming that they were receiving inadequate pay for higher case and patient loads. (Monica Jeon/Daily Bruin)
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February 2, 12:00 am
Additional competency exams could reduce redundancy of GEs
In the never-ending struggle to balance college coursework with extracurricular activities, jobs and life in general, there comes a time when certain coursework becomes an undue and frankly unnecessary burden. Read more...
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January 30, 1:14 am
Alexandra Tashman: Supporting UCLAyak, even passively, is immoral and illegal
Filming someone during sex without their explicit permission and then distributing the video is a crime. There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it. And yet, some students are not only illegally filming their classmates, but they’re spreading the videos around for other students to watch. Read more...
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